backend: plugins: Remove .plugins from watch list

This fix prevents the development app (when running npm run dev-only-app) from watching for static plugins locally, which causes an endless loop of refreshes to the app.

Fixes: #1937

Signed-off-by: Evangelos Skopelitis <eskopelitis@microsoft.com>

backend: plugins: Remove .plugins from watch list

Signed-off-by: Evangelos Skopelitis <eskopelitis@microsoft.com>

fixed error

Signed-off-by: Evangelos Skopelitis <eskopelitis@microsoft.com>

backend/pkg/plugins/plugins.go

@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ func periodicallyWatchSubfolders(watcher *fsnotify.Watcher, path string, interva
 	for ; true; <-ticker.C {
 		// Walk the path and add any new directories to the watcher.
 		_ = filepath.WalkDir(path, func(path string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
+			if strings.Contains(path, ".plugins") {
+				return filepath.SkipDir
+			}
+
 			if d != nil && d.IsDir() && !utils.Contains(watcher.WatchList(), path) {
 				err := watcher.Add(path)
 				if err != nil {